Café Mocha
Benjamin Moore's Café Mocha is a brown shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. A red undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
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41.95
Café Mocha in Rooms
Follow Café Mocha from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 2 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 Bathroom Photos
These 2 bathroom images show how Café Mocha (2099-50) can sit beside tile, stone, glass, timber and metal fixtures. Its red undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Bathroom walls in Café Mocha create a spa-like warmth.
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Painted bathroom surfaces in Café Mocha deliver inviting comfort.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 80 vs 42, Cloud Cover is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 88 vs 42, Opulence is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 9, Café Mocha is decisively the brighter choice.
Classic Gray reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 42), opening up a space where Café Mocha encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 42 and 42, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 42 vs 25, Café Mocha is decisively the brighter choice.
Blue Lace reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 42), opening up a space where Café Mocha encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Café Mocha reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 19), opening up a space where Providence Blue encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (42 vs 31) makes Café Mocha the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 42 vs 14, Café Mocha is decisively the brighter choice.
Café Mocha reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 17), opening up a space where Blue Spruce encloses it.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 42 and 42, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Wisp of Mauve reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 42), opening up a space where Café Mocha encloses it.
Darker Colors
Café Mocha reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 23), opening up a space where Drenched Sienna encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Café Mocha reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 25), opening up a space where Mudslide encloses it.
Café Mocha reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 25), opening up a space where Appalachian Spring encloses it.
Café Mocha reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 27), opening up a space where Gaucho Brown encloses it.
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Manufacturer description
A medium neutral hue that evokes the creamy goodness of coffee swirled with cocoa and milk.